SAT - M
Terms
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- macabre
- horrible;gruesome
- machiavellian
- deceitful, tricky
- machination
- evil design
- maelstrom
- whirlpool
- magnanimous
- generous
- magnate
- important person in any field
- maladroit
- clumsy; unskillful; awkward
- malaise
- discomfort; uneasiness
- malapropism
- word humorously misused
- malcontent
- one who is dissatisfied
- malediction
- curse
- malefactor
- wrong-doer, villain
- malfeasance
- wrongdoing
- malign
- to speak badly of
- malingerer
- one who pretends to be sick to avoid doing work
- manacle
- handcuff;restraint
- mandarin
- influential person
- manumit
- to set free
- martinet
- a strict disciplinarian
- masochist
- one who enjoys his own pain and suffering
- matrix
- place of origin
- maudlin
- excessively sentimental
- maverick
- a rebel; noncomformist
- mawkish
- sickeningly sweet; overly sentimental
- maxim
- a proverb or saying
- melee
- noisy flight
- mellifluous
- smoothly flowing, sweet-sounding
- menage
- household; domestic establishment
- mendacious
- lying;false
- mendicant
- a beggar
- menial
- low;degrading
- mercurial
- changeable; fickle;erratic
- meretricious
- gaudy; showy; attractive in a cheap, flashy way
- mete
- to distribute in portions
- meteoric
- momentarily dazzling; swift
- mettle
- courage; spirit
- miasma
- pollution; poisonous environment
- mien
- manner; bearing
- migratory
- wandering; moving from place to place
- milieu
- environment; setting
- minutiae
- insignificant details; trivia
- mire
- wet swampy ground; to involve in difficulties
- misanthrope
- hater of mankind
- miscegenation
- mixture of races
- miscreant
- a vicious person, a villain
- misgiving
- doubt, suspicion
- misogamy
- hatred of marriage
- misogynist
- woman hater
- missive
- letter
- mitigate
- to make less severe; to become milder
- modicum
- a small amount
- modulate
- to soften; to tone down
- molt
- to shed
- monolithic
- unyielding; unified
- moot
- doubtful; debatable
- moratorium
- delay; postponement
- mordant
- sarcastic, biting
- mores
- customs, tradition
- moribund
- dying
- motif
- theme, central ideas
- mulct
- to punish with a fine; to obtain money by exortion
- multifarious
- varied, having many parts
- munificent
- generous
- mutinous
- rebellious
- myopic
- near-sighted; having a limited point of view
- myriad
- infinitely vast in number
- myrmidon
- an unquestioning follower